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BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
If Maintain Geometry is checked in the Table menu and you delete a column or 
row, existing columns or rows increase in size to fill the space of the deleted
columns or rows. If Maintain Geometry is unchecked, the table becomes smaller as
necessary.
Combining cells
To combine cells, Shift+click a rectangular selection of cells with the Text Content
tool . Choose Table > Combine Cells. To revert combined cells to match the
surrounding table, select the combined cells and then choose Table > Split Cells.
If you combine unlinked cells containing text or pictures, the content of the upper-
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left cell in the selection is maintained for the combined cell.
Manually resizing tables, rows, and columns
As with other items in QuarkXPress, you can drag to resize rows, columns, and
tables. To resize a row or column, click a gridline to display the resize pointer. Drag
the pointer up or down to resize a row and left or right to resize a column. To resize
an entire table, press one of the following keyboard commands while you drag a
resize handle.
Converting tables back to text
If you need to export the current data from a table — for example, to save the data
as a Word file — you can convert the information to text. To do so, select the table
and then choose Table > Convert Table > To Text.
Working with tables and groups
For flexibility, you can group tables to other items using the Group command (Item
menu). In addition, you can disassemble a table by converting its cells to a series of
grouped text boxes, picture boxes, or both. This method lets you separate elements
of a table and use those elements elsewhere in a layout. To do this, select a table and
choose Table > Convert Table > To Group. To work with the individual boxes,
choose Item > Ungroup.
Continuing tables in other locations
Because tables do not always fit on one page or spread — or within the space
allotted in a design — tables can be automatically continued to other locations
anywhere in a layout.
There are two ways to continue tables:
Effect on table Mac OS X command Windows command
Table and contents resized Command Ctrl
Table (but not contents) resized proportionally Shift Shift
Table and contents resized proportionally Command+Shift Ctrl+Shift
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